Competitive socialising

• Boulebar take petanque and French food to Spitalfields

  

  As Christmas approaches, expect London's competitive socialising venues - from darts to cricket - to do very well. Now another place is about to join the ranks and this one's all about indoor boules (or pétanque if you're being pedantic). 

  Boulebar originally launched in the UK on the South Bank (it's also in Sweden and Denmark) and now they're coming to Spitalfields for round two. There

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• London’s best karaoke rooms with good food

  

  Here’s our guide to the best places to book for karaoke in London, where the food’s as good as the song list.

• BAM Karaoke Box in Victoria brings in chef Sabrina Gidda for a Parisian menu

  

  As we've previously written about, karaoke has become a big thing in London, with some places offering pretty great food to accompany the backdrop of occasionally on-tune warbling. Now here comes a new karaoke bar which has a strong focus on food, BAM

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• Bowling and burgers come to Victoria with Lane7 and Patty & Bun

  

  London's competitive socialising scene is going from strength to strength and the latest to join the crowd is Lane7 in Victoria, who are bringing Patty & Bun along for the ride. 

  Described as a "boutique bowling venue", bowling will be the main event with 10

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• Clays is opening a clay pigeon shooting bar in Canary Wharf

  

  London's continued obsession with competitive socialising is continuing ever apace. They already have a venue in Moorgate, but now indoor clay pigeon shooting bar Clays is getting ready to open in Canary Wharf.

  As you might expect, these aren't real clay pigeons (that would get very messy) but the virtual kind. You can pull together a team of up to 20 people for a 90-minute clay pigeon

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• Oche sees a new darts venue land in London

   

  The competitive socialising scene in London (here billed as "gastro gaming") is getting even bigger with a second dart venue for London (following the very successful Flight Club). This one is called Oche, and although it's their first London opening, they have already launched around the

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